Israeli singer Ofra Haza died of complications from AIDS, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported Monday, citing unnamed medical staff at the hospital where Haza was treated. Haza, who died Feb. 23, had requested that the cause of her illness not be disclosed.
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